Cerberus Helpdesk 2.7/2.7.1 Development Release clients.php contact_search cross site scripting

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Cerberus Helpdesk 2.7/2.7.1 Development Release. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file clients.php. Executing a manipulation of the argument contact_search can lead to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-0509. The attack can be executed remotely. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Cerberus Helpdesk 2.7/2.7.1 Development Release. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown function of the file clients.php. The manipulation of the argument contact_search with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-80. The product receives input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special characters such as "<", ">", and "&" that could be interpreted as web-scripting elements when they are sent to a downstream component that processes web pages. As an impact it is known to affect integrity. CVE summarizes:

Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in clients.php in Cerberus Helpdesk, possibly 2.7, allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via (1) the contact_search parameter and (2) unspecified url fields.

The weakness was released 01/30/2006 by Preben Nyløkken (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-0509 since 02/01/2006. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1059.007 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

After even before and not, there has been an exploit disclosed. It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as highly functional. By approaching the search of inurl:clients.php it is possible to find vulnerable targets with Google Hacking.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (24388), Exploit-DB (27153), SecurityFocus (BID 16439†), OSVDB (22843†) and Secunia (SA18657†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cross site scripting
CWE: CWE-80 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Preben Nyløkken
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-0509 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-0509
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-28546
X-Force: 24388 - Cerberus Helpdesk clients.php cross-site scripting
SecurityFocus: 16439 - Cerberus Helpdesk Clients.PHP Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
Secunia: 18657 - Cerberus Helpdesk "contact_search" Cross-Site Scripting, Less Critical
OSVDB: 22843 - Cerberus Helpdesk clients.php contact_search Parameter XSS
Vupen: ADV-2006-0395

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 11:11
Updated: 08/14/2025 05:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 11:11 (57), 07/18/2018 09:43 (8), 08/14/2025 05:13 (19)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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